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Pare Two THE ASHEBORO COURIER, ASHEBORO. N. C. ASHEBORO, !7. CL, OCT. 31, 1918 THE COURIER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY WM. C. HAMMER, Editor. Entered as second class mail matter ki the postoffice at Asheboro, N. C. Aheboro, N. C. October o. l'.US DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET For United States Senator V. M. SIMMON'S For Members of Corporation Commission Term of Six Years: GEORGE P. PELL Term of Two Years ALLEX J. MAXWELL For Chief Justice Supreme Court WALTER CLARK For Associate Justices Supreme Court WILLIAM R. ALLEN PLATT O. WALKER For Judge Superior Court Third Judicial District JOHN H. KERR For Judge Superior Court Fourth Judicial District FRANK A. DANIELS Tot Judge Superior Court Seventh Judicial District THOMAS H. CALVERT For Judge Superior Court Eleventh Judicial District HENRY P. LANE For Judge Superior Court Thir teenth Judicial District W. J. ADAMS For Judge Superior Court Fifteenth Judicial District BENJ. FRANKLIN LONG For Judge Superior Court Seven teenth Judicial District T. B. FIN LEY For Judge Superior Court Eigh teenth Judicial District MICHAEL H. JUSTICE For Judge Superior Court Nine teenth Judicial District p. A. Mcelroy For Judge Superior Court Twen tieth Judicial District T. D. CRYSON DEMOCRATIC . .CONGRESSIONAL TICKET Tor Representative in the Sixty-Sixth Congress Seventh District L. D. ROBINSON DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET Solicitor 15th Judicial District HAYDEN CLEMENT Rowan County NORTH CAROLINA'S PATRIOTIC GOVERNOR Senator 22rd Senatorial District CHARLES C. BENNETT Montgomery County House of Representatives LEVAN FERREE KOSS Clerk of Supeior Court JOSEPH T. LAMBERT Treasurer R. CLAY JOHNSOtt Register of Deeds ROBERT L. ELKINS Surrey or JEFFERSON D. WELCH Coroner FRAN KUN C. CRAVEN Sheriff JAMES A. YORK County Commissioners EDWIN B. LEONARD CHISHOLM C. CRANFORD ALFRED B. BEASLEY IF THEN WHY NOT NOWT 1 1 M WHY THE REPUBUCANS SHOULD BE REPUDIATED AND DEFEATED IN RANDOLPH E OK F U.SE PROMISES by t ie general law. PLEDGES DECEPTION Section 7 was also likewise amend- d so ti at the clerk of the superior ourt wa required to pay the wages f assistants, deputies and clerks out f his own .-alary and not from the blic fund.-. BEC U AND AND . MISREPRESENTATION FAILURE TO FULFILL OR PER FORM ANY PROMISE MADE THE LIKE OF WHICH WAS NEV ER BEFORE KNOWN THEY CANNOT DODGE THE ISSUE BY SIDE TRACKING. MR. ROSS WRITES ABOUT ROADS OF RANDOLPH GOVERNOR THOMAS W. PICKKI 1 PATRIOTS AT THE POLLS (By Governor T. W. Blcketl.) Without doubt politics should Ih vear give way to patriotism. It wou'd want to be reolecte have been well il we could an electionless vear, ju.-t a have hat - we h.u heatless .Holidays and n less Sundays. l!;it mid and Federal Con.-litul:1 blcss.ng is not must be In Id. As elections mi dutv el' eVi i V p; slack, is will all 1 t.O'. il m. .'1' llli.-l capture a ballot ::tas away 1'iom means tliat he is le. have ix tile Sl such Elcctiol ti lt is the Iri.il to vote. Ti.e at t!:e ioils. The an opportunity to box. li a patriot tin- polls it simply v. illing to turn the ballot hex over to tin- .lacker or to the devil. 1 earnestly urge eeiy pa triot in No i Hi Carolina to turn out on Election Day and, will. out regard to cen.-e party prejudice, cast his ballot in the way that ho devoutly believes will be best for our boys in the trenches and for the enduring peace of the world. ; In lX'jK during the Spanish-Ameri can War Colonel Roosevelt, then can didate for Governor of New York, said: ."Remember that whether you will or not, your votes this year will be view d by the nations of Europe from one atondpoint only. They will draw no fine distinctions. A refubal to sustain the President this year will, in their yes, le read as a refusal to sustain the war and to sustain the effort of our ware commission to secure the fruits of war. Such a refusal may not inconceivably bring about a rup ture of the peace negotiations. It will irive heart to our defeated antagonists; it will make possible the interference of those neutral nation who in this struggle have wished us ilL" STAND BY THE PRESIDENT In similar tenor former President Benjamin Harrison pleaded for the lection of a Republican CongTess to BODDort McKinley. He I Quoted in the Philadelphia North American of November 1. 1898. as say in: "If the wcrd goes forth that the people of the United States are stand ing solidly behind the President, the task of the Peace Commissioners will be easy, but if there la a break in the tanks-! f the Democrat score a tell fcnr victory if Democratic Senators, CVxigreasmea, and Gore mors are elect d Spain will see ia it a gleam of hope, she win take iresn hope, and a renewal of hostilities, more war, may h nwMsary to acur to u what we Uvt already won." . , 1 Card of Thanks We wish to thank the beonle in and s-rmM AsSrhoro for the many doeds ! ifulnocn nl words of lore and sym I --'hy d n.r-f V !!na and df-ath of . r r',-r V-i-'.-n-l and brtl.er. ' " " ' '- v ! b't nr.! -r... sr,d The bill prepared by the Republi can county officials repealing tne act of l'.'lo, under which so much had been saved to the people of Randolph i in reducing the fees of every county I officer except that of surveyor, cor oner and commissioners was through one house of the general assembh before the people at home knew it. It provided for the res toration of the fees in effect 'before the reduction was made by the Democratic act of l'.tU! until Decem ber, l'.Hf. 1 mis it mim oe seen mai nstead of reducing t'le fees as prom ise,! if ti.e salary basis was not adopt ed ti.i-y we:e trying to increase fees in .very office for the entire two years ten., of office for ail ef them. After :tl;eir teim oi office expired the otti ! cers w ere to receive salaries far in ex cess of salaries of officers in other 'counties like Randolph. For instance in Davidson county the annual salary of tl;e reglsler of deeds is $1,800, 'while the Randolph Republican salary bill proposed to pay the register of deed.: $2,500 per year, and gave au Itliorify to employ not one clerk at a I fixed salary, but an unlii-.ii.ed number I at unlimited salaries. It v.as the same way as to the ot-'or offices in the 'county. Of course this bill was not permitted to pass until amended, and 'when properly amended as stated ! hereinbefore it did not suit the wishes of the Republican officials who now rnd the bill was tabled upon the motion of the Repub lican member from Randolph and as was published in the news papers at the time. Their False Explanation of Why They Did Not Do What They Promised The explanation made at the time wa.; that the county commissioners would under authority either place the county officers on a salary or that the fees would be further reduced, as au thority was given to do either under the act of 1018. Nothing has been done under this law by the Republicans and any law- ver who knows enough to get ms li- will tell you that they could cither abolish the office of county treasurer or reduce the fees thereof, if they desired under the act of 1913 or place all the county officers on a Pick the Best War Horse ."Hilary or reduce the fees as they see There are r.o political issues before proper. Instead of this the local Re the people. The people are thinking publicans make this explanation that about how to win this war, and to so- as the Democrats reduced the fees, if cure a righteous and enduring peace, further reductions were to be made it Therefore, when the patriot comes to would repeal the act, all of which is vote, fit hiin pick the best war horse, untrue as every intelligent person The leaders on the tickets this year knows, for no law can be repealed ex n North Carolina are Furnifold M. cept by the power whic'.i created or bimmons and John .Motley .Vloreneau. made the law. furthermore were it Which of these two is the best war a fact a further reduction of fees .orse? Would it help to win the war would repeal or abolish the to swap Simmons, v.ho is at the head law, this one fact is clear of the Senate, for Morehcad, who, un- that no one would or couivl take ad der the mles, would stand at the vantage of it except the officials foot ? Would Morehcad have a great- thereby affected by such reduction of er desire to win me war or greaiei iees or cnange to salary system. Any bility in framing and getting enacted one can see this, then why not let laws for that purpose. In a word, these officials carry out their promises, would Morehead weigh and count more 0r if they cannot get the county corn in the Senate for the winning of the missioned to do what was promised, war than Simmons? If so, then it is they can carry out their promise to your duty, to God and to your country, reduce the fees if salary system was to vote for Morehead, although you not adopted, by turning over to the may be in the habit of voting the county a certain portion of their fees. Democratic ticket On the other hand, It will be legal to do this. No law if Simmons would keep in closer and against it. No body will prevent ru more sympathetic touch with the Then, why not do it, men and breth- President, if, by reason oi nis long ren7 training and experience, ne can uo meir Attempt to uoage rsow is Line more in framing and getting enacted, inem wise war measures than Morehead,' This Republican bill like most things then it is your duty, to God and your they have attempted to do was such country, to vote for Simmons, al- a mess and a botch that it was believ- thoueh you may be in tne nanit oi ed at the time mat tne Din was drawn votinc- the ReDublican ticket. Apply through ignorance and lack of know! this nrinciDle to every candidate, from edge of how to do it, but after it United States senator to townsnip was straightened out and was kitiea constable, and you will cast the ballot by tabling on motion of the member of a patriot and not of a partisan. from Randolph, it was clear that the Wilson, tne reace-Maaer i provisions or tne Din were maoe wiui The whole world is today looking to knowledge of its meaning and it Woodrow Wilson to dictate the terms appears that the purpose was to get of an endunnz peace. liut it tne this law enacted and thereby heap ad- American people do not stand squarely dltional burdens on the people and behind him, his arm will be shortened, pour into the pockets of the office Everv Hun would shout for joy it the holders increased fees and emolument American people should this year go of office and then say "A Democratic to the polls and turn down the Con- Legislature passed the act, and we are trress that declared war against them, not to blame for the fees they, fixed." Even in England, r ranee, anu iimy ino wonnnr tney tneu to sup it tnrougn tho now-r and DrestiKe oi Wilson tno legislature. would be weakened if his own people Democrats Amended bill in Committee nhould at the noils repudiate the party. It will be noted that the new bill that put him and keeps him in power, was amended in committee by provid Hence, if we want to secure forever ing not only that the fees should not be th kind of Dcace that we arc ngnting increased, wnicn were men Charged, for, let no vote be cast that may dis- reduced and fixed by the board of corn credit our Great Leader in the eye missioners under the special law for nf our friends or our foes. i Randolph cotfnty. as will be found in Safety First I the record of the April meeting of "Safety First" la the watchword or the board in 1914 the hour, and surely it is safe to keep The original bill the Republicans in power the party that was in when fixed up to increase the fees of the war was declared. There is a time newly elected Republican officers wai fnr all thins-s. but this is no time to amended by the Democrats in corn- change from a Democratic to a Repub- mittee by requirins; fully itemized re lican Congress from a united to a ports to be made and posted on the house divided against itself at Wash- court house door, and that the reports ne tnus requirea oy iaw, ana not av the will and pleasure of the board of 8t ThomaevlIIe Men Have Made R- commissioners. create Sacrifice I Section 4 of the proposed Republi- PrivaU Bennett Cornelius, of Co. L, " Uw WM amended by FeraocraU Thomasville, has been killed in action n committee by providing that the by the Germans. PrWate Cornclvu Jeriff should pay his deputies and was the. sixth man from Co. L to mako drk out of bis salary of $3,000 in the supreme sacrifice for hi country. 0,tth priU ' employing He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. number of deputies and clerks in Cornelius, oi Thomasville. Private W offlcs put of the public funds as rnn..U... MTvnrtjut fnluina In ar W provided BY Ull bill UlS KCnUbll i t,. . ti.f.m t Atimi.-Hi. t ab. cans had proposed to raid the trees- er ktW from a Corporal of the onr with. . . young man's Company . told , Of hlS,0W 'P"?" Aendments Made x rats while the bill was before been built, aqd had not had any experience in building and keeping unpads ommittee by way of amendment Their intere?t in this good road work was very limited, as VMby lat this matter might be made the snhsrrinHnn list .-i j;j C.. Tii "h i... Dy An Appeal to Reason and Not to Prejudice: During the years 1911 to 1916, under -the management of the Demo cratic Commissioners, the people and the County spent in the neighborhood of $250,000 for good roads and it was said by practically every one who saw our roads that we had more roads and better roads than they had ever seen for the amount of money-spent You are aware that a new set- of County Officials took charge of our County affairs two years ago, and they appointed five road trustees, to build more roads and keep in repair the roads we built I do not have a word bection , u was added also by the f mv nx-nllwtinn nlr t ,v.. ,,kki Z v ' a. SL T . .1 . i i n l t I ' mw v v wiviu ouimviiuvu sa suiv vx kiic VI in i-1 1 as l. nnn UMi'i-j4ti w hi p thp hi was hpfnrp i l.-ji V: . . . - uau the conir T C La ,r u!.the suhsenpuon list for the fine roads we did have. AU will have to admit clear; that no official had the right that they have made . complete failure kfte j .J1 to employ an unlimited number of)on,y new roads I have seen they have surveyed and uuT within thTpast erkf ,r .leputiesnd that official s two years are a short road from Spero to farrA known as the Mmikan pC salary Aould exceed the fees prov.ded also a road at or near Roe AUen'sfknown as theHumble soad? Humbs U n Zlot ndment Mill to f the i Buffalo Ford gravel road and another short iTroSSl he said salaries aforesaid paid ' TtSfm! Sid & MOngin8 J' Wl0W' D to the said sheriff, the clerk of supe-l n Hrw nnt etaA t . i. i. , . Linda nd Character fmnS .n" f.et.of 't0. h" ".te knowledge of the affaire, or so little interest oiliciul in said offices, or by either of k... i : c a r i l " d ott kes sha notmZnTtoaa much earS 0.Ur investment Rood roads will be gtme. If you w fl .ua unices bnau not amount io as mucn elect as rnuntv mnimiss nni n.mti. j,,i. au i r r i as the said annual salaries then the amount of the sa oi i at- sam omcers, no receiving tees.in iess than six montha tlv H11 . w V-i " v -- j " ' v. w vwuTitv viw; auu W ill uo XcUal 1- mg and putting our roads in first class shape again and at the lowest f","1 ";cu a o uiue Knowledge oi me anairs, or so little interest in it. Since they have had charge of the county affairs, they have disposed of the convict force and it is my opinion that if they are kept in office two ttlOreKaiQ, RgnHloiMQn. T. -1 , - -; , U T 1 T.: 1 -n r . ... J ilarv nf rh ' "'"""i ftttinscur uuu jusnoim j. raniora, AsneDoro, " ' ' miamcoo nidi as v . ,1 r u 1 1 1 ;-i HiiiirfiK. i will m nmnru thnf t rti. :lmiMln( r-i f ttuiil t'lljr. ftiiMnn! w - ....... u .. l V. . ."' DU.U. J UUI " 1 1 ;aiy year, shall be decreased so that amount of salary of clerk hire for collected through said office or offices possible expense, and that they will have new roads built in our rnuntv Kt ; nire rat cnin ,i i..,- .:. it. ... .,' . .. that year shall not exceed the fees ,..V T " Ji: JS. loaut. mev win see mat mey are lard out in r offices 1 v """""""""" pcupic. v e nave no way 01 Knowing now mucn lor that year.. The clerk of the sune- i ... Ti ""'Vi hne ?asl. lwo. n? on. a.ccount 01 road work, but nor court shall kee murest-bearing sec 111 his hands as such clerk., excent funds received on bills of costs and other funds to remain in his hands less than six months, or in some sol d invented rn pood w.lJ , gladly pay $10.00 for itemized statement of the expenses and am es uri ties all fnnH!peciaily anxious to know how much the feed expenses have been. - uch clerk excent ! , v? Zerks, abUt me wil1 be' "He is cauBe he is not on me ryoau rwara. sso, tnas is not it and there is not a man in the county who is capable of being a road commissioner, who would helieve it. lWw in. I terest in this is, I am a citizen and tax payer of the county and have at all ,.nt L- Uni. .: . " 'esieu m any improvement ior me good OI our town and :edtsH in that way many hundreds t v"oMhe IWt of 13 strict fa , t1 am aP.rHng t0 thMrd Pfple f Rand0lph C0Unty- t0 wh?ch RandoTph "county is situate S 01".1,1011 on he T''mng, f November 5th. vote for the above named see a such ,vsTn.ents are prontrh !Etlcmen V ml that OUrvr0ads are and make & my word. made, and report thereon at each crim inal term of court. This amendment offered while the bili was before the commissioners was .-tienuously opposed. Why, evidently because the Republicans wanted not only to restore the old high fee sys lem abolished by the Democrats in f.iis count the amo Yours very truly, ARTHUR ROSS. Asheboro, N. C, Oct. 24th, 1918. TO THE VOTERS AND PEOPIE OF RANDOLPH COUNTY As you know wc are candidates for the office of f!nuntv Commissinnpva fru ity by reducing the fees to Randolph county, and we feel it our duty to tell the people where we stand as mt of $2,000 and more per . t( the management of the affairs of the county. year, but wanted a statute providing i First, we have as you rrobably know, no political aspirations. The only ior salai les for themselves and their . reason we agreed to let our names go on the ticket was this: We see in Ran clerks not only to consume all the dolph county a great need to inject business methods in managing our county leos under the old law, but objected j affairs. We see great need for the upkeep of our once splendid system of roads, to the Democratic amendment which ,"We see a great demand by the people of the county that the financial standing prevented them from putting their; of the county be published every year. How long would you (if you were a hands in the treasury and taking stockholder in a corporation) keep a secretary and treasurer in office if at the money from the general fund and. end of tne year he refused to make you a financial statement of the business? school fund to pay these new officers' Would you not want him to tell you bow much he was in debt? How much he salaries for themselves and clerks ( had spent for labor, material, salaries, and general expenses? Would you not never before drawn from the county , want him to tell you how much money he had collected ?If he did not give you ington. - . . . . . a. , - r.r.fl ri tna1rt.'irm nrl M "w amencir.) t,y pro- in 17 that the shrrifT hrriM ha tiairl fcVCr. Or l)fli0U3 fCTCr, by out Of the general fund Of the county rrr'lA r,.'"i nl "in 01 lun-m wrurn m-K-t , .... v-iL. , )n v ,rrn,.!rv, '--' " -.' , r. - treasury. The Republican officers, and espe cially the clerk of tlfe superior court opposed the provision in this import ant amendment, which provided that the clerk should invest the this information, some stockholder would sav: "I move we elect a new secre tary and treasurer of our business, and let's elect one who will run our business on business principles." The same methods used in manasrine business should he used in manac-iner county affairs. Now to the point: If you will elect a full set of Democratic the clerk should invest the moneys j County Commissioners, we will guarantee that they wil run the business of paid into his office belonging to wid- the county on strictly busines principles. That not one dolalr of the county's Z I !? 'here we get value received for it That we will kep " up uie roaas already Dum in as good shape as they were two years ago. That fa good merest-bearing securities , we wm build new roadS( not for individual8 butyfor the best interest of the Why this should be opposed cannot people concerned. That we will have no pete on the pay roll, but everv man oe easily unueistoou, nor san it oe ex- who drawg the county money shall eara every do,lar he getg Th& W(J wifl haye plained. I the rceords of the countv 1 receipts and pincnspaf fcpnt in snr-h a mannar that Instead of enacting section 11 ofianybody can tell at all times hfJW much t fa fc the original bill as introduced by the mon(,v ia heino- anr-nf fnr a vot fw.-0C 1. i-j T" 1 1 V P -n 111.1 J 0 f cau VIIUH TT V. TV ill UUUllOll COll (X11U C V CI V V CttX U Kepuoiican memoer irom Kanaoipn, financial statement of the countv in such a wav that nnvhnHv pan nnHorctoriH which provided for the collection of it. That we will either mit the countv office on a sala hii r.r rAcc. f feec down to where they will only draw what is a reasonable amount for the services they render the county. That we will see to it that a non-partisan jury is drawn according to law. That we will build a county home in keeping with the demands of our county, and that we will build it on the old site now owned Dy tne county, lhat we will manage the business of the county in the same manner that we manage our own business, that is on good business principles. If you want your county managed as stated above, vote for the undersign ed candidates, and these pledges will be carried out Yours very truly, E. B. LEONARD. A. B. BEASLEY. C. C. CRANFORD. the fees the fees permitted by general law and not the as reduced by the county com missioners for the various offices un der ti 3 Randolph act of 1913, by whiii til the fees of the four prin cipal iffices were considerably re duced and the people of the county thereby saved more than two thousand dollars a year. The amendment as set forth to section 11 provided and spec ified in detail prevented the county of ficials from collecting the old fees, which were higher than the fees fixed under the Democratic special act for Randolph county. Section nine of the orig inal act provided that the salaries should not go into effect during the term of office of the present county officials, but should go into effect after the next general election. The amend ment to the bill provided that the county officers should go upon a sala ry on the 28th day of February, 1917 This amendment was a provision to compel the Republicans to keep their promises, instead or preventing them from enacting their promises into leg islation. It was finally agreed after this that if they could not agree to the 28th of February that they might have until the 1st of July, 1917, but they wanted to get the old fees that were paid before the county had grown to the size it is now. Section 12 was amended so as to show what its meaning was. No body could tell from the way it was written. Section 13 was not amended, neither was section 14, except to provide that the salaries said the various county officials the board of commis sioners should be paid out of the fees received each year. In other words this was done so that by no means could any official by any device or pretence set up claim and receive pay ment for more than the amount of the :es of his office. Section 16 was amended by stirklng out the provision allowing the sheriffs to charge the old fees allowed by law for collecting taxes, but requiring bin to charge only the fees fixed by the amendment to this act, which art tho fees as reduced and fixed by the Democratic board of commissioners at their meeting la April, 1914. Under the old law the sheriff received 6 per cent commissions. , Under the special law enacted for Randolph by the gen eral assembly of 1913, the sheriff's fees were fixed at 1 per cent for all collections above (50,000. There were Urn reductions made in the other office, the details of which art known and can be found In the minutes of the April, 1913, meeting Of -the board of county commissioners. Section 164 was also inserted by the DemocraU to give the board of rd'ication th Mm power and du'ir B-i'W-re I find frov: ! -f fr tv t!- Do This Each Morning, You Won't Need Cascarets Great exercise! Keeps Stomach, Liver and,. Bowels active. Nothing like it! Splendid! But if you insist upon taking your exercise in an easy chair you simply must take a laxative occasionally. The veryvery best laxative is Cascarets 10 cents a box. "They work while you sleep." ' Nolhing work the bile, tovr fennenutiona and poison Trota Wt Uvtf tnd bowels like harmleu CatcareU. When Headachy, Bilious, Cooftiptted of if Breath it Tsinted, Complexion Sallow. Stomach Sour, iutt take a Cascaret at night wake up next morning looking roiy aad feeling fine. Cascarett nercr gript or ikkea. Cause no inconvenicactl ,' ,;vJ7? X- '. or to his offlca, This provision Would enable tht county board of education to retain Its power to require reports from tht tresirarer. This requirement did not suit Bowman for he did not want tht public to know what tht ret-, ord of his office showed. When these amendments were made there were fair-minded Republicans who said they should be enacted into law, but thy did not suit tht r1no sters, who had dvrjrrd th rfle to C"t t'--!r ntm nd rVrn t'n KM tm when tht bill was called tip tht rep resentatlvt from Randolph arose and said that at tht request of Senator Gregf he moved to tahlt and It was tabled for the reason Mr. Hoy it stat ed as every one who will examine knowt that the general assembly of 1918 gave the board of county com mlsaloners of Randolph county fall power to plset the county officials , either on a salary or mluce the ft aid nHciAls. l"hos purrm Ropubll f?i t ".-!ii fly U wt t-d Tvmocrsts 1 r 1 , . 1 , , j ' ' -n eft
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